Filmmaker Masaaki Yuasa has extensively explored the relationship between humans and cataclysm in works like Devilman Crybaby and Mind Game, both of which used fantastical imagery to get their points ...

(WRIC) — The 2020 Olympic Games in Japan are underway! On Friday morning athletes walked with pride during the opening ceremony representing their country. This year’s theme is “United by Emotion.” ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the business of fandom. In a year as catastrophic as this one, Japan Sinks 2020 almost sounds like a news item ...

Netflix anime series Japan Sinks: 2020 is the latest iteration of a Japanese franchise of sorts, stemming from Sakyo Komatsu’s popular 1973 novel Japan Sinks. That same year, the book became a film, ...

Thirteen years after the Japanese women's softball national team achieved their biggest victory when they took down Team USA in the gold medal game at the 2008 Olympics, they returned to the 2020 ...

Japan’s path to hosting the Summer Olympics has had more than its fair share of twists and turns. The Tokyo 1940 Olympics were cancelled. Since their inception in 1896 the Olympics have been cancelled ...

TOKYO, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Japan concluded the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games with a record haul of 27 gold medals, far exceeding the previous high of 16 at the 2000 Athens Olympics. Mitsugi Ogata, general ...

There’s nothing like watching the Olympics on TV to give you a major case of wanderlust. Despite the mostly empty stadiums – spectators were banned – athletes from around the world have still been ...

People around the world are looking forward to life after the coronavirus pandemic. Some are anticipating a return to normal, but others are highlighting the other great social challenges we must ...

According to research firm IDC (via GizChina), Apple dominated the smartphone market in Japan over the fourth quarter of 2020, with the iPhone brand accounting for over half of all phone sales in the ...